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6:55 AM ET, July 18, 2006

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Richard Cohen / Washington Post:
Hunker Down With History  —  The greatest mistake Israel could make at the moment is to forget that Israel itself is a mistake.  It is an honest mistake, a well-intentioned mistake, a mistake for which no one is culpable, but the idea of creating a nation of European Jews in an area of Arab Muslims …
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Ynetnews:
3 reserves brigades called up  —  Defense ministry approves draft Monday night.  Reserves to take over in Judea and Samaria, regular forces to move north  —  Hanan Greenberg  —  Defense Minister Amir Peretz approved Monday night the draft of three reserves brigades - infantry and engineers.
Haaretz:
Series of rockets strike towns across the north  —  Hezbollah fired more than 50 rockets at Israel on Monday, including a barrage which landed after 10 P.M. in the northern towns of Safed, Rosh Pina, Tzivon, Sakhnin, Hatzur Haglilit and Peki'in.  —  Five people were wounded in the rocket barrage …
Jim Rutenberg / New York Times:
Despite Joint Statement on Mideast, Strains Emerge as U.S. Supports Israel's Campaign  —  STRELNA, Russia, July 16 — The Bush administration on Sunday appeared to give Israel tacit approval to cripple Hezbollah, casting the widening conflict in the Middle East in terms of a wider war on terrorism.
Khaled Abu Toameh / Jerusalem Post:
Arab world fed up with Hizbullah
Yitzhak Benhorin / Ynetnews:   War in north: Support in New York, condemnation in Berlin
Yaakov Katz / Jerusalem Post:
IAF destroys long-range missile
Billmon:   The Wish is Father to the Deed
Jim Bronskill / torontosun.com:
No-fly list to ignore terror ties  —  Belonging to group won't be enough to be deemed air threat  —  OTTAWA — Being a member of a terrorist organization won't necessarily land someone on Canada's no-fly list, The Canadian Press has learned.  —  Proposed criteria would limit inclusion …
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Allahpundit / Hot Air:
Friendly skies: Canada greenlights terrorists for air travel  —  Not an exaggeration.  I understand that racial profiling can be abused, I understand that the U.S. watch list is a bit, shall we say, overinclusive.  But, um...  It's every joke you've ever heard about Canadian politeness, times a million:
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Up to 48 Iraqis Killed in Attack on Market  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, July 17 — Dozens of gunmen went on a chaotic rampage through a mostly Shiite market area in the town of Mahmudiya today, killing at least 48 civilians and injuring scores by firing off assault rifles, heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades.
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David S. Joachim / New York Times:
For CBS's Fall Lineup, Check Inside Your Refrigerator  —  IN September, CBS plans to start using a new place to advertise its fall television lineup: your breakfast.  —  The network plans to announce today that it will place laser imprints of its trademark eye insignia …
Jonathan Chait / The New Republic:
NOT EQUAL:  —  At Tapped, Matt Yglesias writes that Hezbollah's rocket strikes, as compared with Israel's bombing of Lebanon, are "equally indefensible."  Equally?  Hezbollah began the crisis with an act of war that included a cross-border incursion and a kidnapping.
Rich Karlgaard / Digital Rules:
Where Is The "Netroots Left" On Israel?  —  Missing in action.  —  First a bit of background.  The so-called Netroots Left, led by Markos Moulitsas of the popular Daily Kos, wants to be a player in American politics.  As a test case, the Kossacks are throwing their weight behind political …
Dan Gilgoff / US News:
Dean's List  —  The Democratic chair plans to fight in every one of the 50 states.  Is this shrewd strategy or a recipe for disaster?  —  DIAMONDHEAD, MISS.—Here's what the front line of Howard Dean's revolution looks like: two dozen senior citizens seated inside this gated community's …
Christopher Hitchens / Slate:
The End of the Affair  —  NOVAK EXONERATES THE BUSHIES IN THE PLAME CASE.  —  Listen to the MP3 audio version of this story here, or sign up for Slate's free daily podcast on iTunes.  —  Robert Novak's July 12 column and his appearance on Meet the Press Sunday night have dissolved …
Malia Rulon / Cincinnati Enquirer:
Boehner sees difference in coffin TV ads  —  Inside Washington  —  WASHINGTON - House Majority Leader John Boehner, R-West Chester, called on Democrats last week to pull a TV ad that shows images of flag-draped caskets of U.S. soldiers, calling the spot "outrageous."
 
 
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Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Internal memo: Hearst Magazines president announces layoffs as part of a decision to “reallocate resources” to “continue our focus on digital innovation”

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